46 CHURCH of IRELAND Attending the Baptism of Alfie Frederick Wykes

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BT75 0QP Tel: 028 895 22461 Email: [email protected] having to work odd shifts over long lives of faith, love and hope if we do not periods) can be very detrimental to our get into some sort of pattern of prayer. well-being. And because we human That may sound like “formalism” to beings are a complex combination some but I suspect we are in greater of body, mind and spirit, each one danger of the opposite spiritual vice affecting the other two, it is not just our of indifference if we do not have some physical well-being that suffers. routine. The Church has long recognised the And if that is hard enough for most benefit of some sort of regularity in of us think how much more difficult it our spiritual life. At its most basic that must be for those who have some sort is expressed in weekly attendance at of learning disability and who see and worship but probably that in itself is experience the world around them very not very enriching of our spiritual lives. differently from the rest of us. As you probably know both Jews and Dear Friends Muslims have set times of prayer each day as do other world religions. In Autism Training I don’t know about you but I am one of the early days of Christianity monks Protestantism is essentially a religion those people who benefits greatly from devised a system whereby they prayed of the Word/word and even we in the having some sort of a routine in my life. formally seven times a day (matins, Church of Ireland who are a little more When we are growing up that routine lauds, terce, sext, nones, vespers and relaxed about symbolic acts have very or framework is provided through the compline). little visual stimulus in our services. For rhythms of daily family life and at a that reason alone I want to commend later stage through the regularity and Regular Prayer the little diocesan group who labour disciplines of school life. under the name of Social Theology in At the time of the sixteenth century A little later work often provides that Action for the work that they have been Reformation in England and Ireland, framework whether in school, office, doing in collaboration with Clogher Archbishop Cranmer simplified these factory or farm. Indeed one of the Diocesan Youth Council on exploring into two short services of Morning reasons why holidays can be rather how we might make worship and Prayer or Matins and Evening Prayer. If stressful is because they break our Church life more fruitful for people on you still have an old prayer book you usual routine but aren’t long enough to the autistic spectrum. will see at the head of these services establish a distinctive ‘holiday” routine. The group are organising a couple the instruction “To be said Daily” and of events in October which the Revd Almost always we are glad to come if you look at the inside cover of the Charlie Eames writes about elsewhere home after a holiday and although we 2004 green Book of Common Prayer in this magazine. I hope you will find sometimes disparage such a return to you will see an even shorter form - them interesting and will consider the usual patterns (“back to porridge”) Daily Prayer: A Simple Structure. we usually need it and are glad of it. going along. Probably even these are too There are very few parents who don’t In the meantime, I trust you will find demanding to be regularly fitted into breathe a sigh of relief when their encouragement and fulfilment as the the very busy lives of most people, children go back to school. new round of parish and diocesan especially those with children to get activity begins and we all get firmly The physical need for regularity lies out in the morning and to provide for back into our routines. very

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